Brian Gotta

Below is an excerpt from my youth basketball novel, The Unbelievable Point Guard:

Clifton waited in Coach Watson’s office, which was near the back of the locker room next to the showers. At one time it had been a closet. Mr. Schaeffer, the PE teacher who was also the wrestling and track coach had the big office by the door, so they had converted this small, brick-walled room for Coach Watson to use during basketball season. The only light was a dim, yellow desk lamp. There was barely enough space for the desk, two chairs, and bookcase stuffed inside the room. Also squeezed behind Coach’s chair was a little table on which sat four basketballs reading, “Baker Middle School-City Champions,” followed by the year. Some of the dates were from more than ten years ago, when Clifton was just a baby.